Literary Devices

Setting

Setting refers to the set of locations where the story takes
place as well as the history, geography and the laws of nature of the world in
which the story takes place.

A Ficton is an imaginary
world that serves as the setting or backdrop for a story. A ficton can be
identical to our world or different as the author can imagine.

A Fictional Universe is an
imaginary world that serves as the setting or backdrop for science fiction and
fantasy. Other terms related to Fictional Universe are Canon, Expanded
Universe, Fanon, Multiverse and Linking
Room.

A Back-story is the history
of the characters and the world where the story takes place. The back-story
provides extra depth to the story by anchoring it to external events, real or
imagined.

Incluing is a literary
technique that is used to make the uncovering of the back-story less
straightforward and more intriguing. Instead of explaining directly the
narrator (or the characters) constantly refers to various events, assuming that
everyone knows what they are talking about.

Retcon is an acronym for
retroactive continuity, describes alteration of the back-story that contradicts
the previously accepted vision. It is used to fix continuity errors is
particularly in episodic media.

A Fictional Crossover is a
technique where otherwise separated fictional characters, stories, settings or
universes meet and interact with each other.

Shared Universe is a
technique in which several different authors share settings and characters
which appear in their respective works of fiction, often referring to events
taking place in the other writers' stories.